Local or remote files or directories on an NTFS file system
Named pipes
Local or remote printers
Local or remote Windows services
Network shares
Registry keys
Semaphores, events, mutexes, and waitable timers
Processes, threads, jobs, and file-mapping objects
Interactive service window stations and desktops
Directory service objects

C# Signature:

[DllImport("advapi32.dll", SetLastError=true)]
static extern uint GetSecurityInfo(
HANDLE handle,
SE_OBJECT_TYPE ObjectType,
SECURITY_INFORMATION SecurityInfo,
out IntPtr pSidOwner,
out IntPtr  pSidGroup,
out IntPtr pDacl,
out IntPtr pSacl,
out IntPtr pSecurityDescriptor);

VB Signature:

Declare Function GetSecurityInfo Lib "advapi32.dll" (TODO) As TODO

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I am currently trying to implement this function to get the security attributes for Network Shares.

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